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Tenerife

Full name	Club Deportivo Tenerife, S.A.D.
Nickname(s)	Tete Chicharreros Tinerfeños Blanquiazules
Founded	8 August 1922; 102 years ago (1922-08-08)
Ground	Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez López
Ground Capacity	22,824
Owner	Paulino Rivero Baute
President	Paulino Rivero Baute
Head coach	Pepe Mel
League	Segunda División
2022–23	Segunda División, 10th of 22
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Club Deportivo Tenerife, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club based in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Tenerife, in the Canary Islands. Founded in 1922, the club plays in the Segunda División, holding home matches at the Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez López, with a 22,824-seat capacity. The traditional home colours are white shirts and blue shorts.

Tenerife has a history playing in the top flight of La Liga. They have been promoted to the top tier on four occasions, including a 10-year stint from 1989 to 1999. The club managed to finish as high as fifth in the league table on two occasions during that period, which qualified them for the first round of the UEFA Cup. They most recently played in La Liga in the 2009–10 season.

Being based in the Canary archipelago off the Atlantic coast of Africa, while playing its away games on the Spanish mainland, both the club and rival Las Palmas from Gran Canaria are two of the most geographically isolated professional clubs. Tenerife and Las Palmas contest the Canary Islands derby.

History

Match between CD Nacional of Madeira and CD Tenerife in 1925.

Club Deportivo Tenerife was founded in 1922. La Liga started in 1928, but the team played in regional divisions until it was promoted to the Segunda División in 1953. It first reached the top flight in 1961, being immediately relegated back and, in the following 27 years, played almost exclusively in the second level, also spending three years in Tercera División and six – five in a row – in Segunda División B, the newly created division three (in 1978).

In 1985, when Tenerife were relegated to the third division for a second time, Javier Pérez became president of the club. The side was promoted this year to the second level and, two years later, returned to the first, after winning the promotion playoff against Real Betis (4–1 on aggregate).

In 1991, Jorge Valdano took charge of the club as manager, and the Argentine would help rob former side Real Madrid of two consecutive league titles in the last round, to the benefit of Barcelona. In the first season, the Canary Islands outfit barely avoided relegation, but would finish in a best-ever fifth position in the following year, eventually reaching the round of 16 in the subsequent UEFA Cup, losing to Juventus 2–4 on aggregate.

German Jupp Heynckes became head coach of Tenerife in 1995, leading the club to another fifth-placed finish and the quarter-finals of the Copa del Rey. In the 1996–97 UEFA Cup, the islanders fared better, reaching the last-four after defeating Maccabi Tel Aviv, Lazio, Feyenoord and Brøndby (the winner coming late in extra time from an Antonio Mata free-kick), only bowing out to eventual winners Schalke 04.

Club Deportivo Tenerife league performance 1929–present.

Tenerife then went on a downward spiral which eventually led to relegation to the "silver category" in 1999, prompting various managerial changes within the club. In 2001, the club was again promoted, led by Rafael Benítez, who promptly left to take up the manager's job at Valencia; the promotion was achieved in the last match of the campaign thanks to a goal from Hugo Morales.

Match: Tenerife – Real Sociedad, in 2008

Pepe Mel became the new trainer but the first division season never took off, as Tenerife were beaten heavily at home by Barcelona 0–6, which cost the manager his job. Javier Clemente, formerly with the Spain national team, took the reins, but could not help prevent the eventual immediate relegation.

Tenerife suffered from serious economic problems in the following years, owing more than €40 million. President Pérez was replaced with Víctor Perez de Ascanio, who resigned due to bad management, leaving his position to Miguel Concepción, who negotiated with local politicians and businessmen, also creating a construction company as a subsidiary of the side.

On 13 June 2009, Tenerife secured a top flight return after a seven-year absence after a 1–0 win at Girona. In the following season, even though the team held on until the last round, another relegation befell, after the 0–1 loss at third-placed Valencia.

2010–11 brought with it three coaching changes, as Tenerife eventually suffered another relegation, returning to the third division after 24 years. On 2 June 2013, the club, led by Álvaro Cervera, returned to the second level after winning the promotion play-off against Hospitalet (3–2 on aggregate).

Seasons

Season to season

• 13 seasons in La Liga
• 48 seasons in Segunda División
• 8 seasons in Segunda División B
• 3 seasons in Tercera División

European cup history

Season	Competition	Round	Country	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1993–94	UEFA Cup	Last 64		Auxerre	2–2	1–0	3–2
		Last 32		Olympiacos	2–1	3–4	5–5
		Last 16		Juventus	2–1	0–3	2–4
1996–97	UEFA Cup	Last 64		Maccabi Tel Aviv	3–2	1–1	4–3
		Last 32		Lazio	5–3	0–1	5–4
		Last 16		Feyenoord	0–0	4–2	4–2
		Quarterfinals		Brøndby	0–1	2–0	2–1
		Semifinals		Schalke 04	1–0	0–2	1–2

Honours

Domestic

• Copa del Rey
  • Semi-finals (1): 1993–94
  • Quarter-finals (4): 1960–61, 1961–62, 1975–76, 1995–96

Continental

• UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League
  • Semi-finals (1): 1996–97

Friendly

• Joan Gamper Trophy
  • Winners (1): 1993

Current squad

No. Position Player 1 GK Salvi Carrasco 2 DF David Rodríguez 3 DF Fernando Medrano 4 DF José León 5 DF Sergio González (3rd captain) 6 DF José Amo 7 MF Álvaro Romero 8 MF Yussi Diarra 9 FW Ángel Rodríguez (4th captain) 10 MF Marlos Moreno 11 MF Luismi Cruz 12 DF Rubén Alves 13 GK Tomeu Nadal 14 DF Adrián Guerrero 15 MF Yann Bodiger 16 MF Aitor Sanz (captain)

No. Position Player 17 MF Waldo Rubio 18 FW Enric Gallego (vice-captain) 19 MF Alejandro Cantero 20 MF Maikel Mesa 21 MF Teto Martín 22 DF Jérémy Mellot 23 DF Juande Rivas 24 DF Josep Gayá 27 MF Alassan Manjam 31 DF Adrián Pérez 32 MF Dani Fernández 33 MF Aarón Martín 34 FW Yanis Senhadji (on loan from Betis) 35 FW Fran Sabina 37 DF Matías Pezzolesi

Reserve team

No. Position Player 26 FW Ethyan González 28 MF Dylan Perera 29 DF César Álvarez 30 GK Sergio Aragoneses

No. Position Player 36 MF Yerover Gomez 41 GK Moha Ramos 51 GK Aarón Alonso

Out on loan

No. Position Player DF Jesús Belza (at Antequera until 30 June 2025) DF Nikola Šipčić (at Cartagena until 30 June 2025)

No. Position Player MF Javi Alonso (at Algeciras until 30 June 2025) FW Mo Dauda (at Ibiza until 30 June 2025)

Current technical staff

Position	Staff
Manager	Pepe Mel
Assistant manager	Nacho Pérez
Fitness coach	Álvaro Montiel Maykol Hernández
Goalkeeping coach	Zeben Ortiz
Analyst	Carlos Rodríguez
Rehab fitness coach	Santi Álvarez Yeray Abreu
Delegate	Víctor Padrón
Team manager	Toño Hernández
Director of security	Máximo Bethencourt
Kit man	Angel Suárez Jonathan García
Head of medical services	Norberto Marrero Gordillo
Head of physiotherapist	José Cristóbal Rodríguez
Physiotherapist	Alba Pestano Nicolás García Alfredo Temmler
Nutritionist	Alejandro Triviño
Podiatrist	Marta Pérez

International players

Notable coaches

Fans

Fans of Tenerife are called Chicharreros because in early days, the inhabitants of a small fishing village called Santa Cruz (later the capital of Tenerife) consumed "chicharros" (Atlantic horse mackerel) as a main part of their diet.

Other inhabitants of Tenerife and the Canary Islands used the moniker as a pejorative name, but finally the inhabitants of Santa Cruz accepted it affectionately.

See also

In Spanish: Club Deportivo Tenerife para niños

• CD Tenerife B